Shoppers Scoop Up iPhone 7 in Q3, 8 Plus Tops iPhone 8

Apple tree's 2022 flagship iPhone 7 was the world's most popular smartphone terminal quarter, co-ordinate to new figures from inquiry firm Canalys. The iPhone 8, which arrived almost the end of the quarter, didn't make the listing of the summit v most popular smartphone models.

The iPhone vii, which received a price cut in September, took the No. 1 spot with 13 one thousand thousand units shipped, followed by 2022'due south iPhone 6s with 7.9 million shipments.

"Apple grew in Q3, but it was these older, cheaper models that propped upwards total iPhone shipments," Canalys Annotator Ben Stanton said in a argument. "Apple is clearly making a portfolio play here. With the launch of the iPhone Ten, it at present has five tiers of iPhone and delivers iOS at more price bands than ever before. This is a new strategy for Apple."

Canalys Q3 2022 Smartphone Data

Overall, Apple shipped 46.7 million smartphones during the quarter; iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus accounted for 11.8 million of those shipments. "This falls well brusk of its predecessor, the iPhone vii line, which topped 14 million in its first quarter," Canalys noted.

Meanwhile, the figures too propose that people are increasingly gravitating towards larger handsets these days. Case in bespeak: the iPhone 8 Plus out-shipped the iPhone 8 last quarter: 6.3 one thousand thousand units to 5.4 million.

"This makes the iPhone 8 Plus the first iPhone Plus model to out-ship its smaller sibling in a single quarter," Canalys pointed out.

The residual of the acme five lineup is besides surprising — Samsung'due south Galaxy J2 Prime came in at No. 3 with vii.8 million shipped, followed past two handsets from the Chinese business firm Oppo at Nos. four and 5—the A57 and R11, with seven.8 million and 7.two million units shipped, respectively.

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